Baby gifts revealed

During the first day of all things busy yesterday, I went to the baby shower for my friend, Joanna. I love the internet and being able to order things to go directly to people's homes. So I ordered her some swaddling blankets from her registry. However I also wanted to have something in hand for the party, so on Friday I quickly hooked these baby hats.

Our models are Gunther (the kakhi hat) and Newton (the blue hat). I have had Newton since I was 7 and Gunther since I was 8.

The hats are made from Caron Simply Soft, my favorite yarn for baby items. The blue one is just a basic hat pattern and the kakhi hat has a front post stitch for some side ribbings. I think they turned out well and it got me a bit inspired and now I am working on another newborn sized hat that is a bit on the funky side. If it turns out ok, I may acutally try to write up the pattern for submission somewhere.

I made hats for Luke last year (we had his birthday party yesterday too- pictures later!) and I should have just kept going, making as many as possible.

One of our new knit wit attenders is a post-natal nurse. I think I might see if her hospital take hats for the NICU. And as we all know, there are several babies I know being born soon that may need their heads covered.